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can show you to your room. You are to stay there for the remainder of the night, and tomorrow evening you will be heading to the Terrain Stadium where the introductions are held.”
    Melana turns swiftly, strutting off without checking to confirm Glacier is following her. Resting the empty tray on the reception desk, she heads towards the next set of stairs leading to an elevator.
    Glacier struggles to keep up with her fast pace, stumbling when her shoes scuff on the lobby tiles. Gazing around, she is captivated by her surroundings as she follows the clacking of Melana’s heels.
    The interior of the lobby is crystal white with many fresh green ferns. Lush green moss climbs the pillars decoratively.
    A few people mill around the lobby, some casting a quick glance in her direction, whilst others go about their business.
    Glacier rushes to catch up to Melana. The older woman waits for her in the translucent elevator, an even tighter smile on her lips. “Come along, Miss Wardgrave.”
    The woman’s impatience is irking, but Glacier does not comment on it. Instead, she asks the Dormitory Keeper an easy question.
    “Why is everything made of glass?”
    Melana does not miss a beat, “So the sun can light the hotel with a welcoming, natural glow.”
    Glacier frowns.
    Is that rehearsed?
    She watches as Melana presses the button numbered forty-five before stepping back and clasping her hands. The silence is awkward, mostly because Melana ignores her as Glacier gazes out the glass as they ascend. A small beep sounds before the doors open smoothly to reveal a long hallway with six doors, three on either side.
    Melana steps out onto the dark greyish-green carpet, passing all five doors on the way. The doors are all pale blue, with nothing but a number slightly above the centre. The doors all have a different number starting from one, and we stop in front of door number six.
    “Your Passkey will automatically open the door when you are within thirty centimetres of it. No other elemental can open your door except those from your own team, or a resilient electric current will zap them and the lobby will be notified of their attempt.” Melana’s eyes alight with mischief at the mention of electricity.
    Glacier nods her head, watching Melana as she gestures to door six.
    “This is your room.”
    Glacier reaches for the handle but realizes there isn’t one. When her hand is close enough to the door, her Passkey glows light blue and the door automatically begins to slide open. The top and the bottom separate into two flat squares, sliding out and across the wall to the right, connected only by a corner.
    Glacier steps back as the door reconnects into a solid panel once more, pressed against the wall to the side.
    “Dinner will be delivered by room service at seven and breakfast at eight A.M. If you have any dietary requirements we should know about, please inform either myself or the kitchen staff before six.” And with a quick smile, Melana leaves the way she came.
    Glacier peeps into the now open room before taking two cautious steps forward. Once her eyes complete a brief scan of the room, she takes another few steps. The whooshing sound of the door moving has her spinning around to find the door parting into two again as it now closes.
    Once she is concealed in her new room, Glacier walks over to the heavily cushioned bed with soft looking charcoal covers. She gazes around the plain hotel room. She is amazed with the way its simplicity overcomes the elaborate decorations. A beautiful crystal chandelier hangs above the bed, casting colourful rays of sunlight around the room.
    Glacier pulls the spray bottle from its safe place in her waistband, and her Memory Wand from her pocket, placing them both on the nightstand.
    Climbing onto the large bed, she shuffles into the middle before lying back with her head on the pillows, staring up at the ceiling. As she lay there in complete silence, Glacier begins to miss the small things about